Vocational rehabilitation of drug abusers.

Platt, Jerome J.

doi:10.1037/0033-2909.117.3.416

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“…This is supported by Dean's (2003) assessment of people with multiple problems, as well as Platt's (1995) review of research which found that the types of programme that achieved some success involved supported work, job-seeking and placement and personal competency and skill-building. Similarly, Sutton and colleagues' (2004) review of employment support programmes identified ongoing support for drug users, especially with regard to tackling relapse and the ability to refer to other support services, as crucial to success .…”

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Benefits and Employment: How Problem Drug Users Experience Welfare and Routes into Work

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Increasing the conditionality of welfare benefits is a growing trend in many developed countries, particularly in relation to some groups who may be perceived as undeserving of state support. Problem drug users (PDUs) are one such group, and in the UK most PDUs do not work and a high proportion claim benefits. Facilitating the movement of these individuals into employment is a policy aim, because it is believed to improve the circumstances of drug users (and promote future abstinence) and because moving all groups off benefits and into work is a primary purpose of recent welfare reforms. Yet little is known about the interactions of PDUs with the UK benefits system or how recent moves to increase the conditionality of benefits are likely to affect this vulnerable group. This paper begins to address this gap by exploring the perceptions that PDUs and relevant frontline staff have of drug users' interactions with the welfare system and the factors affecting their prospects for employment. The findings suggest some aspects of recent welfare reforms, notably the simplification of benefits, may help PDUs interact with the system. However, the data also reinforce claims that the increased use of sanctions is unlikely to succeed in improving employment rates amongst this group without intensive support and demand-side interventions.

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Benefits and Employment: How Problem Drug Users Experience Welfare and Routes into Work

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“…Esto se debe a varias y diversas razones: discriminación, antecedentes criminales, problemas de salud, falta de habilidades y de formación profesional, entre otras 44 . La integración a la vida laboral se ha mostrado asociada a mejores resultados en el tratamiento con metadona para éstos pacientes 47,48 , y viceversa, por ejemplo la permanencia en los TM se asocia a una mayor integración laboral 28 . La reinserción laboral, o la posibilidad de conservar el trabajo, son un aspecto fundamental en la mejora de la calidad de vida de éstos pacientes, y las intervenciones en ese sentido en el marco de los TM deben ser reforzadas.…”

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Percepción de usuarios de los Programas de Tratamiento con Metadona sobre la accesibilidad y atención recibida de los equipos terapéuticos

Cerdá

Martín-Ruiz²,

Oviedo‐Joekes

et al. 2006

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RESUMENFundamento: Se explora la atención y cobertura terapéutica prestada desde los Centros de atención al Tratamiento de las toxicomanías de dos ciudades españolas desde la perspectiva de sus usuarios de los Tratamientos con Metadona (TM). Se pretenden ofrecer claves de cómo orientar el TM para su mejora en la prevención de recaídas y abandonos prematuros, y facilitar la reinserción de sus pacientes.Métodos: Estudio exploratorio, cualitativo, que recoge información a través de una entrevista semi-estructurada a 30 usuarios de los TM en Barcelona y Granada Resultados: La atención prestada por los equipos terapéu-ticos queda articulada sobre 3 pilares: médico, psicológico y social. La centralidad de la figura de los médicos en los discursos de los pacientes, refleja el papel principal de la metadona y su prescripción. Casi el 60% ha visitado en los últimos 3 meses al profesional de medicina, reduciéndose esta cifra al 22% para el caso el caso de la psicología y un 6% con trabajo social. Los usuarios expresan la falta de una evaluación global e individualizada de la integración social, la escasez de recursos (vivienda, empleo y formación, necesidades básicas) adaptados a las necesidades particulares y la falta de implicación de las familias, donde el papel de psicólogos y trabajadores sociales podría ser mayor al actual.Conclusiones: A pesar de los resultados positivos obtenidos de los TM, su principal limitación es la falta de una intervención integral a las necesidades individuales de los pacientes. Fortalecer el papel de la intervención psicológica y social, se convierte en requisitos imprescindibles para avanzar en la rehabilitación y reinserción. ABSTRACTBackground: This study explores the type of care and the therapeutic treatment provided at drug treatment centres located in two Spanish cities, as perceived by methadone treatment (MT) users. It provides key aspects to improve the ability of MT programmes to prevent relapses and premature discharges from treatment, and to facilitate users' social reintegration.Methods: Exploratory qualitative study based on semistructured interviews among 30 MT programme users in the cities of Barcelona and Granada.Results: The care provided by therapeutic teams relies on 3 main intervention areas: medical, psychological and social care. The central role attributed to the physicians in users' discourses reflects the relevance assigned to the methadone and to its medical prescription. Almost 60% of users had visited their prescribing doctor at least once in the previous three months, 22% their psychologist, and only 6% their social worker. Users interviewed mentioned the absence of a comprehensive and individualized assessment of their social integration, the lack of resources adapted to their individual needs (housing, employment, training and basic needs), and the lack of family implication where they felt that psychologists and social workers could play a much more relevant role than at present.Conclusions: Despite the generally positive outcomes of the MT, its main limi...

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“…Indirect evidence suggests that the likelihood of having service-connection benefits reduced appears to be low but the odds are in fact unknown (Sayer, Spoont, & Nelson, 2004). Employment is an important component in the rehabilitation of drug users (e.g., Platt, 1995;Comerford, 1999) and, thus, unemployment and underemployment pose a barrier to recovery for Veterans with substance use problems.…”

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Veterans' attitudes toward work and disability compensation: Associations with substance abuse

Meshberg‐Cohen

Reid‐Quiñones

Black

et al. 2014

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Introduction-Veterans deemed disabled for conditions resulting from, or aggravated by, their service in the military are eligible for service-connected disability payments. Despite many positive effects of disability payments, one concern is that Veterans with psychiatric conditions who receive disability payments are less likely to be employed compared to those who are denied benefits. Little is known about the attitudes of substance using Veterans, for whom work is a particularly important part of recovery, toward work and disability compensation.Methods-This study compared the responses of Veterans with (n=33) and without substance use problems (n=51) to questions about work's significance and its relationship to disability payments. T-and chi-square tests were conducted to determine if Veterans with substance use problems differed from the others on work-related attitudes and perceptions of the relation between work and Veterans' benefits.

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Vocational rehabilitation of drug abusers.

Cited by 210 publications

References 92 publications

Benefits and Employment: How Problem Drug Users Experience Welfare and Routes into Work

Benefits and Employment: How Problem Drug Users Experience Welfare and Routes into Work

Percepción de usuarios de los Programas de Tratamiento con Metadona sobre la accesibilidad y atención recibida de los equipos terapéuticos

Veterans' attitudes toward work and disability compensation: Associations with substance abuse

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